HP Open Source Middleware Stacks Blueprint: LAMP Architecture on HP ProLiant BladeSystem Servers on RHEL

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Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................7

Executive Summary...........................................................................................................................7

Intended Audience............................................................................................................................7

Scope and Purpose............................................................................................................................7

HP Services........................................................................................................................................7

Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................8

HP Encourages Your Comments............................................................................................................8

LAMP OSMS Test Environment.............................................................................................................8

Installing, Configuring, and Managing LAMP Middleware Stack Components..................................9

Configuring the Basic Apache HTTP Server.....................................................................................9

Advanced Apache HTTP Server Features.......................................................................................10

Using the Apache HTTP Server Benchmarking Tool.................................................................10

Apache HTTP Server Status and Information...........................................................................11

Configuring and Using the Modules....................................................................................11

Apache HTTP Server Log...........................................................................................................12

Using the Error Log to Diagnose the Apache HTTP Server.................................................12

Using Webalizer to Perform Apache HTTP Server Log Analysis........................................13

Using Apache Virtual Host Support .........................................................................................13

Using Apache HTTP Server URL Redirection...........................................................................15

Using Apache HTTP Server Proxy Features..............................................................................15

Error Responses and Redirects...................................................................................................16

Customizing Plain Text Responses.......................................................................................16

Customizing Local URL Redirect Responses.......................................................................16

Customizing External URL Redirect Responses...................................................................17

Using Per-User Web Directories.................................................................................................17

Integrating LAMP Components...........................................................................................................18

Integrating Apache HTTP Server with PHP and MySQL...............................................................18

Integrating Apache HTTP Server with Perl and MySQL................................................................19

Integrating Apache HTTP Server with Python and MySQL...........................................................20

Secure the Web Server Stack.................................................................................................................21

Enabling HTTPS Support in the Apache HTTP Server...................................................................21

Apache HTTP Server Authorization ..............................................................................................22

Creating an index.html File........................................................................................................22

Configuring the Authorized Overrides.....................................................................................22

Creating a Password File ...........................................................................................................23

Creating the Distributed Configuration File..............................................................................23

Restarting the Apache HTTP Server .........................................................................................23

Verifying the Authentication and Authorization Operations....................................................23

Protecting Apache HTTP Server Authorization with Symas CDS.................................................23

Configuring CDS and LDAP Services........................................................................................24

Configuring Apache HTTP Server Services...............................................................................24

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